Hi there Peoples: Well with an investment of a 06 Stang I'm looking into installing a security system the one I'm tilting towards is a " Crime Guard 745i4 " which has a motion sensor (this is a convertable) has anyone installed one of these units. Or is there a until just as good but less expensive. I've done some searching an not many that will accomodate a convertable.
I have an 88GT vert which was paid a visit by the 'SLA' (stereo liberation army) many years ago. My response was to install a "Crime Stopper" paging alarm system combined with a radar interior motion sensor. I would keep the siren turned off when parked at the apartment and leave the pager on at my bedside. This way if somebody messed with the car I could check and see what was happening then call the police if necessary. All without the punk not even knowing what was happening.
A couple of problems you will have when working with a convertible, you must mount the radar sensor low inside the passenger compartment and aim it towards the floor, otherwise it will trip when people walk by your car in the parking lot, unfortunately this will sharply reduce the range and means the thief will have already sliced your roof and be inside the car before it trips, also if you have a power antenna for your radio you will need to buy a separate, hidden, antenna for the pager. (One that sticks to the inside of the windshield.)
Another trick I came up with was to use the ignition interrupt as a fuel pump cutoff instead, the thinking being that the thief is wasting time looking under the hood instead of the trunk.
Over the 18+ years I've owned my car it has ceased being such a tempting target, nevertheless I still carry the pager around in the trunk and I take it with me when ever I find myself parking in a questionable area. Still comes in handy to this day.
Best trick I heard of for keeping your car from being stolen was a switch spliced into a critical line in the cable going to the ECM. Don't pick a low voltage one like a hall effect or such because you might add too much resistance and screw up the signal. Pick a RUN line or similar.
You can mask pins off with piece of paper on the connector until you find one that keeps the car from starting.
Now here is the good part.....
Place the switch RIGHT ON THE DASH in the form of an option you don't have.
Example: You don't have fog light option so there is a knockout where the switch would normally be. Purchase an OEM fog light switch from Ford and wire the computer line to it. Hide the wires VERY CAREFULLY in an existing harness....
It won't save the car from being vandalized or towed, but the ignition column crushers and computer hackers will be out of luck.
Hi there Peoples: Well with an investment of a 06 Stang I'm looking into installing a security system the one I'm tilting towards is a " Crime Guard 745i4 " which has a motion sensor (this is a convertable) has anyone installed one of these units. Or is there a until just as good but less expensive. I've done some searching an not many that will accomodate a convertable.
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